Machine for forming noodles.



A. WILD.

' MACHINE FOR FORMING NOODEBS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10, 1909.

1,090Q509. Patented Mar. 17, 1 914.

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III I v C I y g( A. WILD. MACHINE FOR FORMING NOODLES.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 10, 1909.

1,;09Q5Q9 Patented Mar.17,1914;.

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' WILD. MACHINE FOR FORMING NOODLES.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 10, 1909.

11*;990509, Patented Mar. 17,1914.

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A. WILD. Y MACHINE FOR FORMING NOODLES.

. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10, 1909.

1,090,509. Patented Mar.17, 1914.

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ANTON VJILD, SAGINAW, MICHIGAN, 'ASSIGNGB 'I O WERNER & PFLEIDER-Eli', F

' SAG-INAW, MICHIGAN, A FIRM.

' T0 at whom it may com-era infiaginaw, in the' State of Michigan,

ldprovide a machine for giving proper shape l r to dough to form that a rolled sheet of dough. is mounted in through the ribbons into suitable lengths for formwhich,

chute arranged immediately over'a traveling ,The folding device is so arranged that it above referred to preferably carries a slowly moving belt on which the dough ribbons are MACHINE FOR FORMING NOODLEE.

1 ,OQUfiQQ. Specification of Application filed June 10,

Patented-Mar. 17,1914. I Serial No. 501,202.

LettersPatent.

Be it known that l, ANToN \VILD, a. sub ject of the Emperor of Germany, residing county ofSaginaw and have invented certain new amluseful Improvements in Machines for Forming Noodles, ,of which the following is a specification.

The primary object of my invention is to noodles but my im-. provenients may be embodied in machines for forming dough articles of variouskiuds. l

According to this invention the machine I is preferably constructed in such manner suitable hearings in such a way that the sheet may be drawn from the roll and passed pressing or finishing rollers from which it passes through cutters which form from the sheet, ribbons of dough that'are conveyedpast a cutter arranged to sever the desired size; The mahine 1s equipped with a folding. device as the ribbons are severed into lengths, engages the ribbons intermediate their ends and operating in connection with a folding board, bends or folds the ribbons and causes them to be deposited on the folding board. and on a-tab-le above a curved ing noodles of c belt. An oscillating folder engages the ribbons thus folded intermediate their ends, folds them the second time and forces-them through the chute on to the traveling belt.

the folding board and the belt maybe omitted.

Each figure of the accompanying drawings shows a vertical central section through ..a machine embodying my improvements.

Figure 1 shows the mechanism in the position the parts assume just before the ribbons are cut into lengths and just beforethe folding devices operate. Fig. 2 shows the arrangement of the parts during the first folding operation. Fig. '3 shows how -the mechanism: appears when the devices for forming the first fold are being withdrawn and the oscillating folder is about to operate; l shows the positions of themech ,anlism as it appears when theoscillating -folcli11g device has operated togive the second foldto the ribbons and to deposit'the noodles 011 the traveling belt.

The mainframe struction suitable to support the various .parts' of the mechanism; The roll of'dough X is supported on a shaft 13' mounted in open bearings Z2 in the upper part ofthe mainframe. It will dough is formed into a wide sheet injany suitable, way and wound into a roll Xjin suitable condition for the sheet to be unwound from the roll in the manner indicated. From the roll X'the sheet of dough" passes between pressing or finishing rollers and overa guide-board'D to cuttlng rollers E which sever the sheet int-o ribbons'fof suitable widths.

From the cutters f the ribbons passto a guide-board F provided with adjusting de:

may be adjusted to fold the ribbons so that the two parts of the fold shall be equal'in length or of any desired length. The board which cooperates with the folding devices deposited when being given their first fold vices F by means of which its inclination maybe varied. As shown, the guide board F is pivoted to the main frame at f and it,is pivotally connected at f with tvrod ing a threaded portion f extending t rough a shaft F which is mounted in the main frame in such manner that it me be adjusted or turned about its axis. T

and this belt operates to move the lower fold of each ribbon slightly sidewise before the folding is completed. sothat when the first fold is finished the lower member of the fold will reject slightly sidewise from the upper-- m er. Inthis way the noodles are put giving this sidewise portion f of the rod is provided ing nuts f. The guide-board has a cutting edge at g cooperating with a rotary cutting knife G mounted on a shaft H geared, as indicated in the drawings, by abelt of the arrow. The shaft H the gearing shown with the and the pressing rollers C.

slight sidewise movement may be given to Below the plane of the knife there is a A may be of'any con-" be understood that the El ae threaded. withc1a1np- I G'..with

a pulley G which isdrlven in the direction is connected by rotary cutters E folding device. This, preferably, as shown, consists of a board L pivotally connected at Z with a slide L mounted to reciprocate ona guide M. The slide is reciprocated by means of a link N and a lever O pivoted at 0 to the main frame and connected, as shown, with an operating wheel P mounted on the driving shaft J. The pivot Z of the folding device. L is preferably located about midway between the ends of the folding device and the rear end thereof is provided with an arm Z engaged by an adjusting screw L carried by the slide L'. By these devices the front edge of the folding device may be raised and lowered so as to engage the ribbons either midway between their opposite ends or at any other desired intermediate point. The lever O is slotted at its lower end and is engaged by a pin 72 on the wheel P. This wheel is driven in the direction indicated b the arrow at.

Q in icates a board, which is itself a folding device and which cooperates with the folding device Lin giving the first fold to the ribbons.

ence to Fig. 1 that the ribbons X pass down It will be observed by referthrough an opening between the rear edge of the board Q, and the front ,of the guides M so that when the folding device operates it presses the ribbons against the rear edge of the board Q and then deposits the folded ribbons over the board Q and on the station ary table R, in the manner indicated in Fig. 2 immediately above a curved chute S and immediately below an oscillating folding ,device T. The board Q. preferably supports a belt Q, which passes over rollers Q one of which is indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, and which may be geared in any suitable way with the driving mechanism, so as to have a slow movement which will cause the belt to move to a slight extent sidewise the lower fold of each ribbon before the folding is completed so that when the first fold is finished the lower member of the fold will project slightly sidewise from the upper member. In this way the noodles are put into better shape for drying. The oscillating folding device T preferably consists of a curved blade t adapted to operate in the curved chute S and which is mounted'on a bell crank frame U pivoted at u to the main frame and connected by a link U and a lever U with an operating wheel similar to the wheel P and which carries apin engaging a slot 72 in thelever U The wheel carrying the pin 7;, is driven in the direction indicated by the arrow y. The belt I is employed for driving other parts of themechanism. After the ribbons have been given their firstfold and the folding device L has withdrawn, as indicated in Fig. 3, the oscillating folder T isoperated in the manner indicated in Fig. 4 to force the mli folded ribbons through the chute Sand give to them their second fold when they will assume the shape indicated at X in Fig. 4.

The noodles are received by a traveling belt V operated in any suitable way, but preferably intermittently so thatthe noodles may-be spaced apart conveniently and if desired, instead of deposit-ingthe noodles directly on the belt, they may be deposited on trays W carried by the belt and these trays with the noodles thereon may be removed by an attendant at the proper time.

The mechanism is so constructed, geared and timed that the parts operate harmoniouslythe folding device L engaging the ribbons immediately after they are severed folder'being held out of opel ition by the mechanism during the first folding step of the process and then after the first folding device has withdrawn, the oscillating folder will operate in the manner above described. The mechanism illustrated is suitable for performing the operations above mentioned, but the construction of the machine may be changed and the details of construction thereof may be varied without departing from the novel features of my invention.

The operation of the machine has been described in connection with the description of the mechanism. Briefly stated, however, the operation is as follows :-The dough sheet is led between the pressing'or finishlng rollers C and over the guide board D and passed between cutting rollers E which sever the sheet into ribbons of suitable widths. From the cutters the ribbons pass to the guide board F which may, as before described, be set at any desired inclination to cooperate with the rotary cutting knife G which severs the ribbons into suitable len .hs for forming noodles. That part of the ribbons below the knife extends past the edge of the board Q which constitutes a folding member and they also extend past the edge of the pivoted board L which constitutes a folding mem ber cooperating with the folding member Q. At the time the ribbons are severed by the knife G the board L is moved toward the depending ribbons engaging them about midway between their upper and lower ends and carries them to the position shown in Fig. 2, thus producin noodles. The belt 6 then moves transvcrsely to the line of movement of the folder and causes the lower fold of thexibbons to .or at the time of severing, the oscillating the'first fold in the be moved slightly sidewise relatively to the the folding device L, the machine may be? arranged to form noodles folded in various spe -toe to the position shown in Fig. .3, the oscillating folderT- is brought into operation and moves toward the folded noodles, shown in Fig. 3, folds them again and carries them through the chute S and deposits them on the belt V in the manner shown in Fig. 4:, or on trays carried by said belt, Y

When the machine is in operation there is 'no hand labor required beyond putting the empty trays on the traveling belt and taking ofi the filled trays until the roll of sheet dough is entirely exhausted when a new roll may be placed in position andthe machine will repeat the operations without further attention. If it is desired to give to the ribbons only a single fold, the oscillating folder T.may be disconnected and the once folded ribbons may be received on the tables Q and R from which they may be taken. By providing means for adjusting ways. Any desired extent of adjustment maybe given to'the deviceL.

I claim as my invention: L

l. The combination of means for cutting a sheet of dough into strips, an inclined guide board for receiving the ribbons of dough, means for adjusting the inclination of this board, a cutter for severing the ribbons into'suitable lengths while su ported on the guide board, foldin devices or said ribbons, and means for a justing the fold ing devices to cause the ribbons to be folded at difierent points between their opposite ends. 7 t

2. The combination of means for feeding a strip or ribbon of dough, a folding member past the edge of which the ribbon is fed,

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a board constituting another folding her and adapted .to engage the strip o dough intermediate its ends, a slide to WhlCh said last mentioned folding member is pivotally In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

ANTON WILD.

Witnesses GUSTAV O. HoRsLAEBE, ARCHIBALD E. HALGnovE. 

